The Medicaid reform legislation the State of Illinois approved in December 2010

March 31, 2011

The Medicaid reform legislation the State of Illinois enacted in January 2011 includes many initiatives that were recommended by the Civic Federation in its Medicaid Issue Brief and in the Medicaid sections of reports over the past three years. Those recommendations include instituting a managed care program for disabled and elderly Medicaid recipients and global budgeting for the Medicaid program, which will ensure that the many departments running the Illinois Medicaid program work together toward program goals rather than protecting the line items in their own budgets.